Window-tent.



.T. GnALLEN.

v WINDOW TENT.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. v12, 1907.

Patented Apr.2`6,1910.

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN Gr. ALLEN, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

WINDOW-TENT.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Gr. ALLEN, a. citizen of the United States,residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in VVindow-Tents; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a window tent adapted to be attached withinthe interior of a room to the window casing and to be arranged withinthe window opening so as to inclose it entirely and to communicate withthe outside air by the opening of the sashes thereof, as may be desired,to facili-k tate circulation, and having no opening into the room inwhich it is located except through the opening or openings through whichit is designed that the user shall in sert the head when the same is inuse, the window tent itself being designed to be closed on all sidesexcept that portion which corresponds with the window opening.

The object of my invention is to provide a window tent that is simple inconstruction; that is closed on all sides except that part adjacent thewindow opening; to provide a tent that is readily attachable anddetachable to the window opening or the casing thereof; that is foldableupon itself when in position on the window so as to clear the lower sashso that it may be out of the way while the bed is being made or the roomventilated, also to facilitate the reducing of the complete structure toa convenient form when the same is wholly detached to enable it to becarried around readily also to provide means for readily detaching thecanvas or other covering from the frame parts and the forming of theopenings for the insertion of the users head in such a form as tofacilitate a complete closure of the opening after the head has beeninserted to prevent circulation of air between the tent and the interiorof the room.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention and in whichsimilar reference characters indicate similar parts in the severalviews, Figure l is the front end of a window tent embodying myimprovements, placed in position over the opening in a window andshowing the means Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led October 12, 1907.

Patented Apr. 26, 1910. Serial No. 397,047.

of attaching the same to the window casing; Fig. 2 a vertical sectionalview on the line 9.*2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 a detail view showing a sectionof the window casing and the manner of attaching the window tent frameto the window opening and also showing the manner of attaching thecanvas to the window tent frame; Fig. 4c a sectional view through aportion of the window casing and the tent frame showing in detail themanner of connecting the tent frame to the window casing, there alsobeing shown in connection with the sectional parts the manner ofsecuring the canvas or other covering to the tent frame; and Fig. 5 adetail view showing the shape of the opening through which the head ofthe user is designed to be inserted.

l is the ordinary window casing and 2 a cot or bed which is placed infront of the window in position for use in connection with the windowtent.

The frame of the window tent comprises the upper and lower frames 3 and4C which are connected together by the iiexible strip 5, the said framesbeing of suitable size to lit when extended within the window casing land the casing l and frames 3 and 4; are provided with interlockingcatches 6 which consist of a hook secured to the tent frame and an eyesecured to the window casing, a number of the same being used as shownin Fig. l to securely hold the frame within the opening, therebysecurely holding the frames within the window and rendering the samereadily removable. The frames 3 and et are provided with a screening 7to keep out soot, insects, etc., from the interior of the window tentthe space between the frames 3 and 4 being closed by means of the stripof flexible material which serves both for that purpose and also for thepurpose of attaching the frames 3 and l together, the said stripsextending the entire width of the frames. Hinged to the upper section 3as at 8 and arranged to swing to a horizontal position o-r at rightangles to the frames 3 and Athere is provided a frame comprising thepair of arms as 9 connected with the cross frame pieces as l0 adapted toextend nearly or quite across the width of the window tent and to thisframe there is adapted to be hinged as at 1l a corresponding frameformed of the arms as l2 and the cross pieces 13, the outer end of saidframe being adapted to engage and support the tent covering when thetent is let down into position over the bed. For connecting the arms 9and 12 there is provided the brace hook 14 pivotally secured to theframe part 10 and adapted to detachably engage a pin on arm 12 for thepurpose of securing the outer frame part in an extended position inconnection with the inner frame part and rendering the same foldable oneupon the other to facilitate the folding of the tent into a compact bodywhen the complete tent is folded up. A flexible covering 15 of canvas,rubber or any suitable material is adapted to be secured to the frames 3and 4 and to extend over and be supported by the hinged frames made upof the frame parts 9 and 10, and 12 and 13, thereby forming acompartment which is closed on all sides except the side next thewindow, so that the interior of the tent only is in communication withthe outer air.

The edge of the covering around the opening next to the window isprovided with a series of elongated eyelets 16 and is adapted to besecured around the edges of the frames 3 and 4 by means of the Wireribbon 17 provided with loops adapted to embrace the said eyelets andscrew eyes as 1S adapted to be screwed into the tent frame, as shownparticularly in Figs. 3 and 4, in which figures the eyes of the screweyes are shown to be passed through the eyelets in the tent covering andto be turned so as to engage the loops of the wire ribbon in such amanner as to securely fasten said wire ribbon against the edge of thecanvas, and thereby securely hold the same upon the edge of the frames 3and 4. Likewise in Figs. 3 and 4, the hooks 6 provided to secure theframes 3 and 4 to the window casing 1 are shown attached to the wireribbon and engage screw eyes on the frame.

In practice, any means may be employed to secure the casings 3 and 4 tothe window opening and likewise any form of marginal facing may beemployed to hold the edges of the covering to the frames 3 and 4, andlikewise any suitable means may be employed for detachably fastening thecanvas to said frames 3 and 4, as it is obvious that various means maybe employed for that purpose without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

19 refers to the shape of the opening I desire to use in connection withmy window tent, and have provided an elongated opening such as mayreadily permit the user to insert his head through, but the same isespecially designed to facilitate the closing of said openingeifectually against the passage of air to and from the interior of thetent and the room.

In using the tent, the person so using, and lying upon the back mayclose the opening completely by drawing the elongated portion of theopening up toward the crown of the head until the enlarged portionencircles the neck. A person lying upon the side may accomplish the sameresult by drawing the elongated portion of the slot over the ear on theside of the head upon which such person is lying sufficiently to drawthe edge of the enlarged portion of the opening close around the neck.

In practice, I may also dispense with the use of the extension framemade up of the frame parts 12 and 13 thereby also dispensing with thehook 14 without departing from the spirit of my invention, this formbeing particularly adapted for use in connection with a tent that isused in connection with a cot or single bed.

In practice, when it is desired to fold the tent up, the hook 14 isdisengaged from the outer frame part and the inner frame part is foldedup against the upper frame 3 then the lower frame 4 may be folded upagainst frame 3, the tent body being folded in between the two frameparts 3 and 4. Hooks may be provided for hooking the two frames 3 and 4together, thereby clearing the lower portion of the window and disposingof the window tent in a simple and compact body entirely out of the way.Likewise the parts of the tent may be so folded for the convenience ofcarrying same when detached from the window casing.

It will be seen by a reference to the drawing that the window tent is soattached to the window casing as to cover the entire opening and also insuch a manner as to in no way interfere with the movements of the sash.The lower sash may be raised and the upper sash lowered to provide forcomplete circulation of air or in fact for any adjustment of the windowsash that may be desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A device of the character described, comprising a frame part adaptedto be secured to a window casing without interfering with the movementsof the sash there-in, an awning like top, side walls dependent from saidtop and adapted to inclose a bed adjacent said window, both detachablysecured to said frame part, an adjustable frame part hinged to the framepart connected with the window casing provided with a hinged extensionat its outer end adapted to support the tent covering in a tent likeform.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a windowcasing, and a tent adapted to cover the same, of a frame supportedwithin the window casing, means surrounding the window tent and bearingagainst the edges of the open part thereof,

for holding said edges against the frame, and means for fastening saidmeans and the edges of the tent against the frame.

In a device of the class described, the combination with a Window casingand a tent adapted to cover the Window, of a frame supported in thecasing, a slotted strip surrounding the Window tent and bearing againstthe edges of the open part thereof for holding the said edges againstthe frame and means for fastening said slotted strip and the edges ofthe tent against the frame.

4.. In a device of the class described, the combination with a Windowcasing, and a Window tent adapted to cover the Window, of a framesupported in the casing, a slotted strip surrounding the tent andbearing against the edges of the open part thereof for holding saidedges against the frame, and means for fastening said slotted strip andthe edges of the tent against the frame in a detachable manner.

5. The combination Witha Window, of a tent wholly inside of and coveringthe entire Window, a frame supported Within said Window opening, meansfor securing said tent to the frame, comprising a bearing stripsurrounding the opening adapted to bear upon the frame and over theedges of the tent adjacent thereto and to be secured to the said frameportion.

6. The combination with a window, of a tent Wholly inside of andcovering the entire Window, a frame supported Within said Windowopening, means for detachably securing said tent to the frame,comprising a bearing strip surrounding the opening adapted to bear uponthe frame and over against the edges thereof for holding said edgesagainst the frame, and means for fastening said slotted strip in adetachable manner to said frame.

In testimony whereof I have atliXed my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses.

JOHN Gr. ALLEN.

litnesses MARY E. CoMEGYs, H. V. GIBSON.

